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 Archive -- Week 37: 3/9/03 - 3/15/03
Song of the Week: Queen - Under Pressure
The funniest thing about a man slipping on a banana peel is
"The fact that someone actually slipped on a banana peel" with 6 votes
March 9, 2003 - insert title here
I didn't end up finding a car yesterday, but that's alright, I'm sure I'll find one soon enough. At least I know I didn't make a hasty decision and make a purchase I'd regret. As far as the rest of the day, I saw Daredevil, which was quite bad. It had a few good things in it and the basic idea is good, but it was hard for me to see Ben Affleck as a serious superhero, and I didn't quite understand what the function of the sex scene was. They should have probably just have called the film "The Blind Man And JenniferGarner'sBoobs." Nonetheless, after that, I hung out with Ashley and Larry for the first time in a long while, which was quite refreshing. We caught up with Brian a bit later and just chilled. I'd rather do nothing with friends than by myself, I guess.
 
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Quote of the Day - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

"We are all born mad. Some remain so."
March 10, 2003 - what was i saying again?
I saw Old School last night... it was pretty funny, actually. On the way home, I thought about kinda goofiness in general. Too much goofiness can be obnoxious, but a certain amount of it can be charming, I think. It's a matter of knowing when it's okay to be a bit weird and when you have to be serious. Granted, I take a lot of things in life lightly, but when it comes to other people's lives, I don't take lightly to things that seem to be a big deal to them. Anyways, I don't know where I was really going with that. Speaking of which, I realized recently how scatterbrained I am. I start saying something, and then I forget what I was trying to get across. I forget things sometimes and I tend to zone out and 'daydream' a lot, unless someone is directly speaking to me. Wow, this update was kind of all over the place.
 
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"The Ascent of Man" by Boris Artzybasheff.

Lyrics of the Day - "It's About You" by Train

This ain't about the things you say,
Or how you make me feel this way.
Stand on your corner a thousand time,
Lose what I got keep what I find.
It's about you, It's about you.
And when I get this feeling,
It's hard for me to come back down.
March 11, 2003 - brevity and insignificance
Another day gone by... this week is already off to a hectic start, and it only gets more busy from here. I'm not sure how much time I'll have for deep thought, so I apologize if my updates are kind of brief and meaningless. Then again, "such is life." Speaking of which, I seem to be diving further in to existentialist thought... but that's another story, I'll talk about that later. 
 
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Waiting for Godot Quote of the Day - Pozzo

Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you? They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
March 12, 2003 - Per Aspera Ad Astra
You know what? I spend a lot of time sharing quotes and advice and such, but maybe one day I ought to take the words of wisdom I quote and follow them myself. It doesn't matter how good I think a quote is, because when push comes to shove, I'm not going to do whatever that quote said, or whatever someone else told me; I will do what I feel in my heart that I want to do, whether my brain tells me so or otherwise. Anyways, in basic life news, I'm at a rather rough stage in my life... like not rough like I'm upset or having a hard time dealing. I'm just REALLY sick of the daily routine I go through. I'm sick of school completely. Basically, I want to get past all of this crap and just go somewhere new and exciting. To infinity and beyond, so they say.
 
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Yes, I know... no one likes my space images except for me. Personally, I think this is awesome, it's the "Earthrise" via the moon... For those who want to "see the world" in the most literal sense of the expression. 

Quote of the Day - James A. Baldwin

"Love does not begin and end 
the way we seem to think it does. 
Love is a battle. 
Love is a war. 
Love is a growing up."
March 13, 2003 - all about snacking
Well, tech week starts today for big show... I will have virtually no social life for the next week and a half or so (not that I'm out partying all the time as it is). But yeah, I'm pretty sure Cameron and I are only in it because we frequently get bored and hungry, and pit orchestra is all about snacking. Well, enough completely uninteresting information for today. Maybe something good will be added tomorrow.
 
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Interesting Fact the Day

Scotch Tape will only work if you are a Scot. For all other nationalities it pretends to stick until such time that you are not looking at it - at which point it will detach itself and go in search of food. 
March 14, 2003 - dream on
Ever just have a weird dream, where it's kind of tormenting you or something? Maybe "torment" is too harsh... but like, there is something in the back of your mind, and you dream that it happens? And it's not even a negative thing... Probably makes no sense. But how bout a dream where a familiar memory or event is replayed, except with a different cast? Like instead of having a certain person talking to you, it's a completely different person, but they are saying the same things and acting the same way? A little bit Vanilla Sky-ish, I guess. Hmm... in other news, I've recently had a couple visitors from the Netherlands, and I'm not exactly sure where they heard about my site. If you're from the Netherlands, and/or have a website written in Dutch, sign my guestbook and let me know how you came to therosser.com.
 
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"Le Contemplateur" (aka "The Contemplator") by French artist Eugène Carrière.

Quote the Day - C.C. Jung

"In sleep, fantasy takes the form of dreams. But in waking life, too, we continue to dream beneath the threshold of consciousness..."
March 15, 2003 - away to findlay
Well, I'm off to Findlay with Varsity Chorale today. I believe this is the last competition for the group, so we'll see how that goes. I talked to Chris a bit about life yesterday... how people sometimes can't let go to some things and can't move on; how people can be very impatient; how people need to just go with things and not get caught between the spokes. And it's hard for a lot of people to do those things. It's hard to just keep going on, forgetting things that bother you, and at the same time, taking time to enjoy the things going on around you. And in the whole topic of life, I'm fairly certain of two things: One-- in the end, it's meaningless; and two-- (as Chris pointed out yesterday) it's ultimately all about outlook. Whether or not you have an enjoyable life is up to you. 
 
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VC's original sax squad...

Quote the Day - Comte de Buffon

"Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius."